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2018 Minyanville Publishing and Multimedia, LLC. All Rights ReservedWhether You Hate Bush or Obama, These Apps Are for YouI fancy myself as someone who would be a good presidential speechwriter. I bet I could create a delicate balance of stoic professionalism passionate allegiance and down-home camaraderie into a leader's dialogue. But jeopardizing this I think I'd just love to make the president say dumb wacky crap.And while I doubt my life path has any derivation into the world of politics I can certainly enjoy making President Obama and Former President Bush say dumb wacky crap with iSpeech's new text-to-speech apps.Available for both iPhone and Android devices iSpeech Bush and iSpeech Obama take text of the user's choosing and ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2011/08/24/whether-you-hate-bush-or/
Wed, 24 Aug 2011 14:21:00 EDTThe Last Time America was Debt-Free, Andrew Jackson was President&quot;We must pay down the national debt! Debt will be the downfall of the Republic! Wait we've been in debt for the better part of 200 years? Oh. Um...&quot;Yes the last time the United States was debt-free Washington's bold-faced names gathered to celebrate the incredible feat President Ronald Reagan Bill Clinton George Bush George W. Bush John F. Kennedy Richard Nixon Dwight Eisenhower Lyndon Johnson Richard Nixon Jimmy Carter Harry Truman Gerald Ford Andrew Jackson had managed to pull off:A senator rose and announced &quot;Gentlemen....the national debt.... is PAID.&quot;Listen to the story -- and why being debt-free didn't last -- ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/2011/04/15/the-last-time-america-was/
Fri, 15 Apr 2011 10:12:00 EDTCBO Projects U.S. Deficit To Grow By A Massive $1.5 Trillion This YearFeel broke yet? No? This might help: The Congressional Budget Office 2011 Budget and Economic Outlook forecasts the budget deficit to increase to $1.5 trillion this year. (See what a trillion dollars stacked next to a person looks like!) A few highlights from the report (get the entire report here): Although recent actions by U.S. policymakers should help support further gains in real (inflation-adjusted) GDP in 2011 production and employment are likely to stay well below the economy&rsquo;s potential for a number of years. CBO projects that inflation will remain very low in 2011 and 2012 reflecting the large amount ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/cbo-projects-us-deficit-to/
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 10:11:00 EDTWhat Happens When the National Debt Hits Vigintillion?Jennifer Harper of the Washington Times points out that the US national debt is currently at $14 025 215 218 708.52.We've got just under $986 trillion left before we have to start in on the quadrillions which looks like this:$1 000 000 000 000 000.00.Then there's quintillion which has 18 zeros sextillion (21) septillion (24) octillion (27) nonillion (30) decillion (33) undecillion (36) duodecillion (39) tredecillion (42) quattuordecillion (45) quindecillion (48) sexdecillion (51) septendecillion (54) octodecillion (57) novemdecillion (60) and vigintillion (63)--which looks like this:1 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/what-happens-when-the-national/
Wed, 5 Jan 2011 14:21:00 EDTThe Kremlin to Cut Number of State Officials by 20%The bars in Moscow will probably soon be hosting a lot more bureaucrats many of whom will doubtlessly need an extra shot of vodka to ease the pain of their looming unemployment.The AFP reports today that Russia plans to save 43 billion rubles ($1.49 billion) by abolishing 100 000 federal civil service jobs by 2013.In all Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has ordered the government to draw up plans to cut the number of state officials by 20% which is necessary he says to keep a lid on Russia's largely inefficient bureaucracy. (The number of bureaucrats had swelled by 130 000 ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/the-kremlin-to-cut-number/
Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:01:00 EDTLocal Officials Find New Ways of Squeezing Blood From a StoneThe AP reports:&quot;Some Long Islanders are in hot water --because of their backyard pools. The town of Riverhead New York is using Google Earth to find pools that don't have the proper permits. Officials say satellite images revealed about 250 pools whose owners never filled out the required paperwork. Violators have paid a total of about $75 000 in fees.&quot;Now look--I'm all for following the rules but when this (link below) is what one has to contend with is it all that surprising some homeowners figured out an easier way to do things?http://www.riverheadli.com/Pool.Permit.pdf http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/local-officials-find-new-ways/
Mon, 2 Aug 2010 13:00:00 EDTCalifornia Welfare Benefits No Longer Include Lap DancesAs someone who is ostensibly considered by society to be an adult I'd like to think that if times got tough -- if say I lost my job and were in need of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in the form of a state-issued debit card -- that it would never even occur to me to take that state-issued debit card to a strip club withdraw cash from an ATM in the club and then pay the strippers there for lap dances. I mean I can see buying an occasional bottle of booze nothing too fancy and possibly even a ...http://www.minyanville.com/mvpremium/california-welfare-benefits-no-longer/
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